Managing transitions between games
Correspondence chess is usually played with several games simultaneously ongoing, each one in different levels of completion. It would be very seldom that an entire game, even a short one, would be completed in one sitting. Moves are spread out over several days and a player can expect to make, at the most, several moves in several games. In each of these games, a player can be in an advantageous, disadvantegous, or fairly neutral position.
The challenge in this case is mentally preparing and adjusting to the current state of the board one is playing, and leaving the mental and emotional baggage of the previous board that had been played just a while back. This is fairly easy in games that had just been starting. This is also quite easy in situations where one is about equally footed with the person across the board. But the emotional and mental effect of games where either you or the other player has (or will soon have) the advantage can get carried over to the next game at hand. The boost of confidence of making a move in an advantageous position can cause carelessness. While the frustration of a bad game can be compounded further in the next game.
Realizing this factor is again, one of the most important step to be able to take control of it. It would also be useful to back off the board when one is more affected emotionally, letting things cool down a little, whether it's out of excitement or frustration. After all, cc has the advantage of extended analysis and one should utilize it as much as possible: by improving on an advantage, or finding a way out of a losing position.
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